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Projects: Projects for Investigator
Reference Number	EP/I500944/1
Title	Development of a monitoring tool for high pressure oil and gas pipelines.
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas) 100%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Professor B Lennox No email address given Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Manchester
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 April 2011
End Date	31 March 2012
Duration	12 months
Total Grant Value	£93,743
Industrial Sectors	Chemicals
Region	North West
Programme	Energy : Energy
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor B Lennox , Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester (100.000%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , Pipeline Engineering Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , ABSL Space Products (0.000%)
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Abstract	Ensuring that oil and gas pipelines remain free of blockages and leakage is a challenging problem and one with enormous financial ramifications. Research at the University of Manchester has led to the development and preliminary commercialisation of an acoustic based system for detecting blockages and leakage in pipelines filled with static gas. An important benefit of the technique is that it is non-invasive and only requires access to one end of the pipeline. The project proposed here will extend the technique further by developing a prototype system that will be suitable for liquid filled pipelines and pipelines containing flowing gas or liquid
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Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	01/11/10